Comrade Meshcheryakov!

I request that you inform me what has been done on your letter of 9/V (in the Central Committee, No. 72/150) 296. In my view, it is necessary to issue a decree both in Soviet and in Party order.

Roughly as follows:

1) free of charge with receipt only for members of the Central Committee + members of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (?);

2) for the rest only with receipt: for the local gubernial or district library with the obligation to transfer it to it after one month;

3) in general for distribution such-and-such a quantity, the rest only for libraries;

4) method of verification.

23/V. Lenin

Written May 23, 1921

First published in 1932

in Lenin Collection XX

Printed from the manuscript